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The Giver Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the ritual at breakfast time called?

a)

Telling of feelings

b)

Telling of dreams

c)

Telling of thoughts

d)

Relief-of-pain

2.

What is the ritual at dinner time called?

a)

Telling of feelings

b)

Telling of dreams

c)

Telling of thoughts

d)

Relief-of-pain

3.

What is the beginning of romantic feelings, managed with a pill, called?

a)

Utopia

b)

Dystopia

c)

Stirrings

d)

Mirrings

4.

Why does Jonas begin to feel this world is unfair?

a)

Jonas likes color, choices, and things that are not in his world.

b)

The woman selected as birth mothers must give birth to three children.

c)

Children younger than nine do not have the privilege to ride a bicycle.

d)

Jonas has the four attributes the receiver requires.

5.

What is the first memory Jonas receives?

a)

A sled ride

b)

A sunny day

c)

A sunburn

d)

A rainbow

6.

What is the first color Jonas starts to see?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Green

d)

Blue

7.

Who works at the Department of Justice?

a)

Jonas's father

b)

Jonas's mother

c)

Asher

d)

Fiona

8.

What does Jonas call the old Receiver of Memory?

a)

The Annex

b)

The House of the Old

c)

The Old Receiver

d)

The Giver

9.

Who is selected as Receiver of Memory?

a)

Gabe

b)

Asher

c)

Jonas

d)

Lily

10.

Who once called a "snack" a "smack"?

a)

Gabe

b)

Asher

c)

Jonas

d)

Lily

11.

Who is assigned Assistant Director of Recreation?

a)

Fiona

b)

Asher

c)

Jonas

d)

Lily

12.

Who is assigned Caretaker of the Old?

a)

Fiona

b)

Asher

c)

Jonas

d)

Lily

13.

Where are new children raised?

a)

The Family Unit

b)

The Department of Justice

c)

The Nurturing Center

d)

School

14.

What does Jonas learn he can do as the new receiver?

a)

Steal

b)

Kill

c)

Lie

d)

Release

15.

Which ceremony marks the end of childhood?

a)

ceremony of ten

b)

ceremony of eleven

c)

ceremony of twelve

d)

ceremony of thirteen

16.

Who makes all the important decisions in the community?

a)

The Committee of Elders

b)

The Receiver of Memory

c)

The Giver

d)

The Department of Justice

17.

What is the maximum number of children a family unit can have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

18.

Who is Jonas's sister?

a)

Rosemary

b)

Edna

c)

Fiona

d)

Lily

19.

Who thinks birth mother is a low-honor assignment?

a)

Fiona

b)

Edna

c)

Lily

d)

Jonas's mother

20.

How is "seeing beyond" developing for Jonas?

a)

Jonas is starting to hear music.

b)

Jonas is starting to see colors.

c)

Jonas is starting to smell things.

d)

Jonas is starting to taste food.

21.

Who works at the Nurturing Center?

a)

Jonas's father

b)

Jonas's mother

c)

Fiona

d)

Lily

22.

Who is Gabe?

a)

Gabe is Jonas's father, a worker at the Nurturing Center.

b)

Gabe is Jonas's best friend from school

c)

Gabe is the unlawful third child in Jonas's family.

d)

Gabe is a new child Jonas's father brings home.

23.

Who was scheduled to be released because he cannot sleep through the night?

a)

Jonas

b)

Lily

c)

Gabe

d)

Asher

24.

What is puzzling for Jonas about his instructions for Receiver of training?

a)

He is not allowed to lie and be rude.

b)

He is not allowed to leave the community.

c)

He is allowed to lie and be rude.

d)

He is allowed to leave the community.

25.

Why does their community have no snow for sledding?

a)

The community has a tropical climate.

b)

The community has climate control.

c)

The community immediately removes snow.

d)

The community is indoors.

26.
Jonas and Gabriel have what genetic feature in common?
a)
Dark hair
b)
Small build
c)
Pale eyes
d)
Three ears
27.

Who wants to be a birth mother?

a)

Larissa

b)

Jonas's mother

c)

Fiona

d)

Lily

28.

What do the numbers assigned to each child mean?

a)

Their rank in school

b)

The order in which they are born

c)

Their height

d)

The department which they belong

29.

Which is NOT a reason an individual in the community could be released?

a)

A newchild is not growing and is not responding to nurturing.

b)

A person has reached old age and lived a good life.

c)

A person has spoken to a member of another community.

d)

A person has committed three serious transgressions.

30.

When the giver gave Jonas the memory of Christmas, what did Jonas learn existed?

a)

Presents

b)

Family

c)

Joy

d)

Love

31.

What happened when The Giver gave Rosemary anguish?

a)

She asked for release

b)

She hated him for it

c)

She ran away

d)

She told her friends

32.

Who was Rosemary to The Giver?

a)

Sister

b)

Granddaughter

c)

Daughter

d)

Neighbor

33.

Why does Jonas leave unexpectedly?

a)

He was angry with his family.

b)

He was tired of living a lie.

c)

He was cast out by the elders.

d)

He wants to save Gabe's life.

34.

What does Jonas suggest The Giver do so his burden will not be so heavy?

a)

Give his books to the House of Old

b)

Give Jonas painful memories

c)

Stop seeing Jonas

d)

Visit the Department of Justice

35.
What happens to twins born into the community?
a)
They do not exist in the community.
b)
They are given to one family.
c)
One gets released.
d)
They are separated at birth.
36.
What action of defiance does Jonas take after he lies to his parents about understanding the word "love"?
a)
Jonas is rude to Gabriel.

b)
Jonas does not speak to his parents.
c)
Jonas does not take his pill.
d)
Jonas leaves the house to see The Giver.
37.

What is the meaning of Sameness in the story?

a)

Removing color from nature.

b)

Eliminating differences in the community.

c)

Assigning jobs to the twelve-year-olds.

d)

Creating people who look identical

38.
When was the last time the elders asked for the Giver's wisdom and advice?
a)
When they decided to give Gabriel the label of uncertain.
b)
When a plane/ pilot got lost and flew over the community unexpectedly
c)
When Jonas was chosen as the receiver.
d)
When the family asked to take care of Gabriel instead of releasing him.
39.

What was the name of the receiver that failed her training?

a)

Justine

b)

Rosemary

c)

Lily

d)

Sarah

40.

What difficult memories did the Giver share with Rosemary?

a)

War

b)

Pain

c)

Loneliness

d)

Hunger

41.

What happens when Jonas leaves the community with Gabriel?

a)

He is hunted and killed.

b)

He goes on a journey to find elsewhere.

c)

He hikes in the wilderness, but dies of dehydration.

d)

He hides, but then returns to the safe community.

42.

What was the last image in the novel?

a)

Jonas and Gabe huddled together in the snow.

b)

Jonas and Gabe sledding towards Elsewhere.

c)

Jonas and Gabe celebrating Christmas.

d)

Jonas and Gabe inside a warn house.